2020届普通高等学校招生全国统一考试高三英语模拟试题(二)

普通高等学校招生全国统一考试模拟试题

英语(二)

本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：

1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题纸上。

2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题纸上，写在本试卷上无效。

3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题纸一并交回。

第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)

第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1．What is the man probably?

A．A salesman．B．A driver．C．A postman．2．What’s the woman’s room number probably? A．503．B．403．C．402．

3．What will the man do first?

A．Play baseball．B．Watch TV．C．Do homework．

4．What is the man satisfied with?

A．The quietness．B．The housing condition． C．The neighbors．

5．What are the speakers going to do?

A．Make a call．B．Chat with friends．C．See a film．第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．What does the woman like most about the flat?

A．Its size．B．Its transportation．C．Its surroundings．7．How does the woman usually go to work now?

A．On foot．B．By bus．C．By subway．

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8．How many lessons does the class have in total? A．10．B．20．C．40．

9．Where are the speakers probably talking with each other?

A．In an office．B．Over the phone．C．At home．

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．What does the man want the woman to do?

A．Hand in her report now．

B．Go on a business trip with him．

C．Tell him about Henry．

11．How does Henry most probably feel now? A．Sad．B．Relaxed．C．Happy．

12．What will the woman do next?

A．Work on her report．

B．Speak in front of a large audience．

C．Prepare for a speech in London．

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．When will the party end?

A．At 9：30 pm．B．At 10：00 pm．C．At 10：30 pm．14．Why will the man stay at home?

A．To throw a party．B．To write a paper．C．To read a newspaper．

15．What does the man mean in the end?

A．He’ll give the woman a lift．

B．The woman can’t borrow his car．

C．The woman got her license really late．

16．What’s the most probable relationship between the speakers? A．Classmates．B．Teacher and student．C．Mother and son．

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．How much weight did the woman manage to lose?

A．20 pounds．B．30 pounds．C．40 pounds．18．Why did the woman tell others about her plan?

A．To ask for tips．B．To show it off．C．To stay inspired．

19．How did the woman receive the message?

A．Through her phone．B．Through her children．C．Through her friends．

20．What is the woman mainly talking about?

A．How to live a healthy life．B．How to eat healthily．C．How to lose weight．

第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Lagoon Bar，Iceland

Blue Lagoon in Iceland is truly the place where you can get rid of all troubles．Here the warmth of hot springs gets you close to nature．A wonderful bar is opened among the hot springs．While you’re sitting in the hot water，waitresses bring you a range of cocktail.

What to order：cocktail“Blue Lagoon”and white wine．

Baobab Tree Bar &Wine Cellar，South Africa

In the hollow(洞)of a huge 6，000-year-o1d baobab tree you can not only drink a cocktail，but also rest from the heat of Limpopo Province．Once this safe heaven was known only to the Bushmen，but now this ancient tree is the tourist destination for all kinds of tourists．

What to order：anything in a glass．

The Birdsville Hotel and Pub，Australia

At the edge of the Simpson Desert，among the sand dunes(沙丘)，which are the favorite

spot for the mice，there is a hotel and a pub．The walls of this bar are decorated with old hats

and posters of beer，the oldest of which dates from 1884．Most visitors of this building are the amateurs of racing. They come to this village for the September competition. However，the pub is not empty also on other months：the airstrip(飞机跑道)is located nearby，so those who get off the

plane are going to have a glass or two of beer first．

What to order：a pint of beer．

Floyd’s Pelican Bar，Jamaica

It appears that these huge palm leaves and trunks fell into the ocean long time ago．They floated on the waves and then piled up year by year，sticking out of the ocean．That’s probably how the Pelican Bar，located about a mile from the southwest coast of Jamaica，is built on．Some of its visitors have no room to be fitted inside the bar，and they just drink standing in

Waist-deep water．

What to order：cocktail“Pelican Perfection”．

21．Which bar will you choose if you want to bathe in the hot spring while drinking a cocktail?

A．Lagoon Bar．B．Baobab Tree Bar &Wine Cellar．C．The Birdsville Hotel and Pub．D．Floyd’s Pelican Bar．

22．What can a visitor order in Lagoon Bar?

A．Red wine．B．Anything．C．Beer．D．White wine．23．What can we infer about the Birdsville Hotel and Pub?

A．It was opened in 1884．

B．It is the favorite spot for the mice．

C．It is busy in September every year．

D．It is located in the center of the Simpson Desert．

24．What is Floyd’s Pelican Bar built on?

A．Old hats．B．Sand dunes．

C．An ancient baobab tree．D．Palm leaves and trunks．

B

Comedian Shelley Berman，who won gold records and appeared on top television shows in the 1950s and 1960s，died at the age of 92．Berman was a pioneer of a new brand of comedy that could arouse laughter from such matters as air travel discomforts and small children answering the telephone．

Comedy was not a childhood ambition for him．“I had dreams of being an actor，”he said in a 1960 interview．“For 10 years I tried，picking up small jobs in summer stock and TV．I had a hard time of it．”At last，he put together a 20-minute routine and performed at the Chicago nightclub，Mister Kelly’s．Berman’s success in Chicago led to bookings in Las Vegas．Berman made his appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1959．That year he issued his first album Inside Shelly Berman．It won a gold record and received the first-ever Grammy Award for the spoken word．Along with his busy schedule in nightclubs，he achieved his first ambition to be an actor．He appeared in a Broadway play The Boys Against the Girls in 1959

and a musical A Family Affair in 1962．His film debut(首秀)came in 1964 with the film The Best Man．

Berman’s comedy career stopped in 1963．He was performing his act before an audience for a documentary—style NBC show，when a telephone ringing interrupted him；it was the second night it happened．He stormed backstage and shouted at everyone in sight．His outburst was included in the telecast．The bookings fell off，and Berman returned to acting，but with little luck．He and his wife Sarah were forced to file for bankruptcy(破产)，and he began a long

struggle to pay off his taxes and debts．

After that he worked as a lecturer and a teacher．For more than 20 years he taught comedy at the University of Southern California．He retired from performing in 2020．

25．What made Shelley Berman successful in Chicago?

A．His small jobs．B．His spoken word．

C．His lecture．D．His nightclub performance．

26．What made Berman win the Grammy Award?

A．Inside Shelley Berman．B．The Boys Against the Girls．

C．A Family Affair．D．The Best Man．

27．How did Berman feel after he received a phone call while acting?

A．Relaxed．B．Surprised．C．Delighted．D．Annoyed．28．What does the author think of Berman?

A．He had a gift for making people laugh．

B．He had a successful beginning in his acting career．

C．He was not only an actor and a teacher but a director．

D．He dreamed of becoming a comedian in his childhood．

C

Merriam—Webster gets spicy and political with new dictionary words．“Alt—right”is defined as“a right-wing，primarily online political movement or groups based in the US，whose members reject mainstream conservative politics and support extremist beliefs and policies typically centered on ideas of white nationalism”．

We also have“dog whistle”，which，in a political context，gets the additional meaning：“an expression or statement that has a secondary meaning intended to be understood only by a particular group of people．”

Moving on to technology，Merriam—Webster finally takes on two terms that have occupied headlines in the past few years．First，the“Internet of Things”or“IoT”is defined as“the networking capability that allows information to be sent to and received from objects and devices using the Internet”．Then，the dictionary offers a definition of“ransomware”as

“malware that requires the victim to pay a ransom(赎金)to access special files”．

There are also new business and sport terms that have been in use for a while，such as“onboarding”and“bunny”．Now“Hive Mind”，which started as a biological term to describe places of bees and ants，has developed to define“the collective thoughts，ideas，and opinions of a group of people(such as Internet users)regarded as functioning together as a single mind”．

Let’s get to a spicy conclusion with“sriracha”，which is defined as“a pungent sauce(辣酱)that is made from hot peppers mixed with usually garlic，sugar，salt and vinegar and that is typically used as a condiment(调料)”．

“Our job as lexicographers(词典编纂者)is to follow the development of language，defining the words people are likely to meet．These new words have been added to the dictionary because they have established themselves in the English language，and are part of the current active vocabulary of America．”

29．In which section of a newspaper can you probably find the word“IoT”? A．Sports．B．Entertainment．C．Technology．D．Politics．

30．Which word has appeared in headlines frequently in the past years? A．Dog whistle．B．Ransomware．C．Bunny．D．Sriracha．

31．Why are these new words added to Merriam—Webster?

A．They have special meanings．

B．They have attracted 1exicographers’attention．

C．They have often been used by political leaders．

D．They have become part of the American language．

D

“At almost any given age，most of us are getting better at some things and worse at others，”Joshua Hartshorne，a science researcher and the lead author of a study looking at how intelligence changes as we age，told Business Insider．

The team behind that study quizzed thousands of people aged 10—90 on their ability to do things like：remembering lists of words，recognizing faces，learning names or doing math．Their results suggest that no matter what your age is．there’s almost always a new peak．

Scientists use a test called Digit Symbol Substitution to assess everything from dementia(痴呆)to brain damage．It requires people to use a number of cognitive(认知的)skills at once—including processing speed，sustained(持续的)attention and visual skills．The tool，which typically involves pairing numbers with symbols，is also part of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale，one of the most widely used measures of intelligence．

Hartshorne employed the test in his study of how intelligence changes over time and found that participants’performance generally peaked in their ate teens．And 2020 study found that humans are the best at learning new names in our early 20s．The human brain has a remarkable ability to recognize and identify faces，and scientists are just beginning to learn why．On average．we know that our ability to learn and remember new faces appears to peak shortly after our 30th birthday．

Have trouble focusing? A 2020 study suggests that our ability to sustain attention improves with age，reaching its peak around age 43．“While younger adults may perform best in the speed and flexibility of information processing，adults approaching their mid-years may have the greatest ability to remain focused ，”Joe DeGutis，one of the study’s lead authors，said in a statement．

32．What does the underlined word“peak”in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A．The highest point．B．Change．

C．The strongest power．D．Possibility．

33．What are people in their early 20s the best at?

A．Processing speed．B．Staying focused．

C．Identifying new faces．D．Remembering new names．34．Which group of people may have the greatest ability to remain focused? A．Teenagers．B．Younger adults．

C．Middle-aged people．D．Old people．

35．What’s the best title of the text?

A．How to Become Clever

B．An Important Research

C．Any Age Finds Its Strength

D．Do the Right Thing at the Right Age

第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A UK supermarket has become the first in the world to let shoppers pay for groceries using just the veins(静脉)in their fingertips．36 The firm behind the technology，Sthaler，has said it is in“serious talks”with other

major UK supermarkets to adopt hi-tech finger vein scanners at pay points across thousands of stores．

It works by using infrared(红外线)to scan people’s finger veins and then links this unique biometric(生物识别的)map to their bank cards．37 In the same way you can store your card details when shopping online．Shoppers can then turn up to the supermarket with nothing on them but their own hands and use them to make payments in just three seconds．

It comes as previous studies have found fingerprint recognition，used widely on mobile phones，can be copied even from finger marks left on phone screens．But Sthaler，the firm behind the technology，says vein technology is the most secure biometric identification method as it cannot be copied or stolen．38 And it expected 3，000 students out of 13，000 to have signed up by November．

The technology uses an infrared light to create a detailed map of the vein pattern in your finger．It requires the person to be alive，meaning in the unlikely event a criminal cut off someone’s finger，it would not work．Sthaler says it takes just one minute to sign up to the system initially．39 Simon Binns，commercial director of Sthaler，told the Daily Telegraph，“This makes payments so much easier for customers．40 ”

A．This is the safest form of biometrics．

B．Bank card safety is a big problem to most users．

C．Sthaler said dozens of students were already using the system．D．Customers’bank details are then stored with payment provider Worldpay．

E．Advances in technology have made online shopping a safe and convenient process for the most part．

F．Customers at a store in Brunel University can now pay using their unique vein pattern to identify themselves．

G．After that it takes just seconds to place your finger in a scanner each time you reach the supermarket checkout．

第三部分语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Last weekend，Daniel spent 43 hours with his daughter Esme，nearly two whole days．Now he is 30，000 feet up on a plane，looking at a picture she has 41 online，a“selfic(自拍)”．

He thinks about last weekend，that 42 Friday．He and his daughter watched the prints of birds in the 43 ．When the snow relented(减弱)Esme 44 they go out，so they bought a plastic sled and drove out to the hill．He

watched her 45 down the hill quickly with big laughter time after time．Then she said“Let’s build a snowman”and they worked 46 ，making a great ball of snow around the bottom of the hill，and a small one for the head．He 47 his hat to the snowman and Esme made a face from 48 ．When they had finished，she 49 the hat to a better angle and then 50 its belly．

“Looks like you，Dad．”

Against the 51 of the plane’s engine，he 52 how，as they were leaving，he turned and saw the piece of grassland they had 53 all round the snowman．

He 54 out at the vast fields of clouds．By now the snowman would have melted and the grass would be a common piece of field．Maybe someone walking there might see a 55 and a pile of branches．They might 56 ，just for a moment，about who left them there and why．

He didn’t take a picture of the 57 ，neither did Esme．But when he 58 his eyes he could hear his daughter’s loud 59 ．And he could feel the weight of tiredness in his arms and legs as he 60 his own sleeping daughter to bed that night．

41．A．described B．posted C．taken D．downloaded 42．A．cold B．warm C．busy D．sunny

43．A．yard B．water C．earth D．snow 44．A．instructed B．wished C．insisted D．ordered 45．A．run B．sail C．drop D．roll 46．A．together B．smoothly C．in pairs D．with caution 47．A．put down B．brought in C．took up D．gave up 48．A．buttons B．carrots C．branches D．stones 49．A．adjusted B．changed C．adapted D．threw 50．A．scratched B．hit C．patted D．raised 51．A．movement B．noise C．equipment D．picture 52．A．remembers B．reminds C．warns D．worries 53．A．swept B．cleaned C．removed D．exposed 54．A．pours B．stares C．sets D．points 55．A．hat B．coat C．glove D．mask 56．A．quarrel B．witness C．wonder D．explore 57．A．grass B．snowman C．hill D．bird 58．A．hurts B．widens C．opens D．closes 59．A．screams B．songs C．1aughter D．cries 60．A．1ed B．hugged C．touched D．carried

第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

At her first visit to a nutritionist，Lynn，a 53-year-old woman，just had one goal，“I need to get healthy!”Her blood 61 (press)had been too high．She had had stomach troubles for 15 years．

She slept 62 (poor)and suffered from extreme tiredness．She wag taking medicine for headaches，63 had troubled her for years．She had experienced 64 (swell)and painful joints for many years．

The nutritionist noted her symptoms and suspected food sensitivity．She suggested that Lynn remove corn，dairy and wheat from her diet，keep track of her body’s reaction 65 the changes and then gradually introduce these foods one at a time．

When Lynn returned four weeks later，she determined that she had corn sensitivity．After 66 (remove)corn，she was feeling much better，and the pain in 67 (she)back and legs had disappeared．

After eight weeks，Lynn said，“Changes 68 (be)easy so far．”She lost 20 pounds and her energy was much improved．“I wake up ready for the day，”she said．Much to her delight，she was walking one mile and a half each day and was feeling more in control of her eating．At 12 weeks，her energy continued to improve；she lost 69 total of 27 pounds，and she experienced 70 (1ittle)pain than ever．

第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

William Shakespeare，he was born in 1564 and died in 1616，is regarded as the greatest of all English writer．He started to receive a school education at age of seven．Unfortunately，he has to help his father with his business at home without finish his education．To make out a living，he did many kinds of work，including teaching．He started writing in 1588 and became successful two years late．

Shakespeare devoted his life on writing，leaving 37 famous plays or many great poems．Many well-know English sayings come from his works，so he has a great influence on the English language and English literature．

第二节书面表达(满分25分)

假定你是李华，北京大学的王教授将来你校做主题为“中国传统节日”的报告。请